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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, are you unaware that some athletes can barely write? This is just to make sure your kid is literate. Don't make this hard.[/quote]

At NESCAC schools, there are not many illiterate athletes[/quote]

That's because it's basically a continuation of club and HS sports and you have to have decent grades even as a recruited athlete.  No one beyond students, parents and some alumni even pay attention to D3 sports.[/quote])

So what?[/quote]

Pretty clear...there aren't any illiterate athletes because they have to be decent students to begin with.  The athletics aren't making the school any money so the product doesn't have to be very good which is why they can recruit decent but not great athletes that have good grades.[/quote]

Mine is a top D1 recruit who is just waiting to hear from NESCACS today before turning down a major offer. You actually don't know what you're talking about.[/quote]

Suuuure[/quote]

Key word being top.  All of these parents understandably touting their kids are delusional.  I get it Larla and Larlo are tops in your eyes but D1 is not created equal.  The only reason you choose a NESCAC for atheltics is because you were not good enough to get into a top D1 that would further your sport or that met your academic needs (Ivy).  Top swimmers, LAX or soccer players are not trading UMD, UVA and Stanford for Bowdoin and Colby...get a grip people.[/quote]

UMD doesn't even have a swim team, so there's that. There are plenty of people who would choose Williams or Amherst over UVA for the academics, just FYI. Stanford, no. But UVA and Stanford aren't even close to being in the same boat...[/quote]

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